Chargers Hall-of-Fame quarterback Dan Fouts calls the Chargers games on Channel 8 along with former Chargers linebacker Billy Ray Smith.

More football

XTRA Sports 1360 is one of the radio homes of the Chargers. The station also announced it has signed a deal with Dial Global and will be the exclusive San Diego home of Sunday, Monday and Thursday night football. Dial Global also is the radio home of the NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl.

"Hard Knocks" kicks off its five-episode season at 10 p.m. Tuesday on HBO. The hour-long episodes, featuring the Cincinnati Bengals, will air at the same time on subsequent Tuesdays. Chargers officials are said to be thinking about being part of the Hard Knocks series next season.

ESPN shuffles daytime lineup

ESPN debuts a new show - "NFL Insiders" - at noon Monday. The 60-minute program airs weekdays and features Suzy Kolber, Chris Mortenson, Adam Schefter and Bill Polian among others.

So "Outside the Lines" and "College Football Live" move to 1:30 and 2 p.m. on ESPN2.

In addition, "ESPN FC" - a new daily soccer studio show - starts Aug. 11 and will air weekdays at 2:30 p.m. and Sundays at 9 p.m. on ESPN.

Ratings game-

Showing that soccer has a heartbeat, Sunday's CONCACAF Gold Cup championship match between the U.S. and Panama did a 1.7 rating with 1.3-million households on CBS. Kansas City posted the best rating number, doing a 3.2, followed by San Diego (3.1) and Washington, D.C. (3.0).

Saturday's NBA All-Star Game on ABC did a miserable 0.6 with 466,000 households.

The NASCAR Brickyard 400 on ESPN did a 3.4 rating with 2.6-million households.

Around the dial-

ESPN and ESPN2 used to carry all the Little League World Series regional finals. That's still the case this season, but with a twist. Instead of ESPN and ESPN2, the regionals are on ESPN3 and the Longhorn Network.